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414. ICOSANDRIA, DI-PENTAGYNIA. ROSACEA. 
CRATjE'GUS FLA'VA. II j^.*’ II Hardy tree, from North America, in 
rough-barked thorn. II Fruit, 44 inch I 1724, flowers in April and May, white. 
Crataegus, see No. 145. This is not the original flava, but a variety of it, cal- 
led lobata, it differs principally in its fruit being solitary, not in clusters, and its 
more sharply cut leaves. It grows very freely. bot. reg. 1932. 
415. ICOSANDRIA, DI-PENTAGYNIA. ROSACE*. 
CRAT-iE'GUS OXYCAn'tiia. II II Hardy tree from Asia Minor, in 1820, 
hairy-le. ved BLACK hawthornJI Fruit, %inch II flowers in May and June, white. 
This has been supposed to be a distinct species, but is now considered merely 
a variety of oxycantha — the common Hawthorn. Its chief difference consists in 
its oval black haws and downy leaves. bot. reg. 1933. 
416. diadelphia, decandria. leguminos*. 
DESMO'DIUM CANADEn'se. || | II Hardy herbaceous plant, from North 
Canadian DESMODIUM. II Flower) % inch II America, 1640, flowers in July, rose-col. 
See No. 36. This perfectly hardy plant, known as the Hedysarum Cana- 
dense of Linneus, is far from common in British Gardens, but deserves a place 
in every collection, from its numerous racemes of handsome flowers, bot. mag. 3553. 
417. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LEGUMINOS*. 
GASTROLO'BIUM RETu'sum. || 1”'^ J Greenhouse shrub, from New Holland, 
blunt-leaved GASTROLOB1UM. II Flower, 4 inch " in 1831, flowers in December, orange. 
Gastrolobium, see No. 101. This pretty little erect shrub was raised in the Bot- 
anic Garden, Edinburgh, from New Holland seeds. It first flowered in Decem- 
ber, 1833, and again much more freely in the following March, bot. mag. 3328 . 
418. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AMARYLLIDACE*. 
HIPPEAS'TRUMbreviflorum!| II stove bulb, from Buenos Ayres, in 
short-flowd.knight’sstarlily.U Flower, 24 inch II 1835, flowers in April, white and red. 
See No. 405. Collected by Mr. Tweedie in the neighbourhood of Buenos 
Ayres, and flowered in the Glasgow Botanic Garden. It was raised by the Hon. 
and Rev. W. Herbert, a zealous labourer amongst Amaryllidaceae. bot. mag. 3549. 
419. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ASPHODELE*. 
LACHENA'LIA GLAUCTNA I 4 Ine-h jj Greenhouse bulb, from CapeG. Hope, 
GLAUCOUS-FLOWERED lachenaliaII Flower, J inch II 1795, flowers in March, green & white. 
Named in honour of Wernerus de la Chenal, a Swiss medical and botanical au- 
thor. This is a beautiful greenhouse ornament, sent by Baron Ludwig to the 
Glasgow Garden. A variety occurs with rose-coloured flowers, bot. mag. 3552. 
420. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LIMNANTHACE*. 
LIMNAN'THES dougla'sii. II Wjjj*]} II Hardy annual, from California, 1834, 
mr. Douglas’s limnanthes. U Flower, ij inch II flowers in July, yellow and white. 
Named from the Greek lumne, a lake, and anthos a flower, on account of its 
inhabiting moist places. A pretty decumbent annual, seeds of which were sent 
from California by Douglas to the London Horticultural Society, bot. mag. 3554. 
421. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LOBELIACE/E. 
4i 4 LOBE'LIA CARDINA'LIS. jl I*)” 1 '’ j? h'lj' | Hardy herbaceous perennial, hybrid 
iy miller’s LOBELIA. 11 Flower, lj inch || origin, prior to 1836, flowers in July, 
Named after the celebrated Lobel. This is a handsome variety of Lobelia, a 
/vIKl hybrid production between cardinalis and syphilitica, raised by Mr. Evans, gar- 
dener to Mrs. Batt, at Newhall, near Salisbury. flo. GAR.Tm. 
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